Funded by Patricia K. Ferguson – from 2001

The Ferguson Award was created in 2000 to dovetail into the Lyons History Book Award which ended
with the home going of Ruth Lyons. Patricia Ferguson served as President of the Kansas Authors Club from
2002 -2003 and hosted the convention in Emporia in 1998. She also served as vice-president of the 0rganization
from 2000 - 2001. During this time she was executor of the Coffin Book Award.

The Coffin Book Award is open to fiction, non-fiction, history, poetry, etc. and Patricia thought it best to have an
award exclusively for Kansas history since the conclusion of the Lyons series left this area open. The rules, therefore,
for the FKHBA are the same as the original Lyons rules, with the one exception being the inclusion of church histories
which were disallowed under the Lyons rules. Other than this, though, the rules for the award are the same and will
remain so. The winners of the Lyons series and the FKHBA are archived in the Spencer Research Library at the
University of Kansas.

—by George Ferguson

Please print and mail this provided
Ferguson Kansas History Book Award entry form (PDF)
with your entry. A PDF viewer is available for free download online from Adobe.

Ferguson Kansas History Book Award
Funded by Patricia K. Ferguson – from 2001
Deadline: July 1, 2012
A Ferguson Kansas History Book Award submission form is available for download at www.kansasauthors.org.
Please submit a copy of this form with your entry.

2012 Rules for Competition are downloadable as a PDF file and are printed below:

RULES FOR COMPETITION:

1. The contest is open to any Kansas resident (KAC members and non-members).
2. Subject: Kansas History. This may be a history of the state, a county, a city, church, school,
   institution, an industry, a way of life or any FACTUAL account of any phase of Kansas history.
   NO FICTION. NOT A GENEALOGY.
3. The entry must have been published within the two years prior to June 1 of the current year. The
   book may be either privately or commercially published.
4. The book must be the original work of the entrant, minimum of 5,000 words, and must make a
   significant contribution to Kansas history.
5. No entry fee is required.
6. The winner will receive $100.00.
7. Two copies of the winning book are to be donated: 1) a copy for the Patricia K. Ferguson library
   collection; and 2) a copy for the KAC Library at Spencer Research Library at KU in Lawrence.
8. The award will be presented to the winner at the 2012 Annual Convention and Writers Conference
   in Salina on Saturday, October 6, 2012. If the winner is unable to attend, the award will be mailed.
9. Mail one copy of your book by July 1, 2012 to:
       Ferguson Kansas History Book Competition
       PO Box 679
       DeSoto, KS 66018
       913-602-0438
10. Postage for the return of the book after the judging must accompany the entry.
11. If it is the decision of the judge that none of the entries make a significant
    contribution to Kansas history,
    no prize will be awarded.

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